A green highway sign gives you what type of information?
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A.
Directions and distances. Correct
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B.
Warnings of dangerous conditions.
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C.
Recreational area destinations.
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D.
Regulatory speed limit rules.
The answer is "Directions and distances."
Green guide signs give directions and distances on Florida highways. Drivers who read the leafy color as 'green means outdoors' pick C, but Florida marks recreational and scenic destinations in brown, not green.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Warnings of dangerous conditions.
Warnings of hazards use yellow diamond signs in Florida, not green rectangles. This answer assumes any highway-scale sign carries a hazard alert, a habit picked up from work zones where large orange warning panels dominate the roadside.
C. Recreational area destinations.
Recreation destinations are signed in brown and white, not green. This answer falls back on the intuition that outdoor destinations get outdoor-tinted signs, when Florida reserves brown and white for parks and scenic areas.
D. Regulatory speed limit rules.
Speed limits use white regulatory signs with black text. This answer conflates the overhead green route panels on interstates with the black-on-white speed limit posts drivers pass alongside them.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Signs in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Informational Signs," p.46..
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